Martins Folly is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Martins Folly
- WRENN ID
- vast-string-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Martins Folly, Thirsk Road, Thornton-Le-Beans, DL6 3SF
- OS grid reference
- SE 394 897
- Coordinates
- 54.30199, -1.39528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martins Folly is a farmhouse built in the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and has a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays. The entrance features a six-panel door set in a flush wood architrave, topped by a fanlight with radiating glazing bars positioned between the left and central bays. All the windows are four-pane casements with flat brick arches. The design includes stepped eaves, shaped kneelers, and chimney stacks at both ends as well as one on the ridge.
Local climate
Martins Folly receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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